hi people.
i unlocked my hero last night and put my t-mobile simcard in.
it wont pick up any 3g/h/gprs coverage, and was wondering if i manually have to put the settings in for t-mobile?
it will let me make calls and send text sthough.
anyone else experienced this? thanks
Probably need to setup the T-mobile APN's.
Kien is correct. Although the Hero should still pick up a 3G signal without the correct settings you will not be able to use the WEB and Email services until you enter the correct APN's
you will also need to set up the MMS APN too, otherwise you will not receive picture messages.
You can find the UK T-Mobile settings on the web site here: http://www.filesaveas.com/gprs.html
and the MMS settings on the same web site here:
http://www.filesaveas.com/mms.html
Good luck.
gadgetwizard said:
Kien is correct. Although the Hero should still pick up a 3G signal without the correct settings you will not be able to use the WEB and Email services until you enter the correct APN's
you will also need to set up the MMS APN too, otherwise you will not receive picture messages.
You can find the UK T-Mobile settings on the web site here: http://www.filesaveas.com/gprs.html
and the MMS settings on the same web site here:
http://www.filesaveas.com/mms.html
Good luck.
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thanks a lot for the answers i'm definitely not getting any indication of getting a G/3G signal? its really strange. i only get the signal indicator for sms/voice
is this right? and then when i do put the settings in, it should just appear? i have the mobile signal turned on, so should be able to get on the web surely ?
thanks
Fruit confusion
It would appear you have mistaken your telephonic device for a piece of fruit - perhaps this would explain not only the problem you have expressed here but other confusions in your life. Alternatively, this may be a hark back to the early part of the 20th century, specifically alluding to surrealism. Taking inspiration from Magritte's "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" (This is not a pipe) you have cleverly and thought provokingly made a statement about your 'Orangephone' - perhaps you could produce a scupltural piece along the lines of Dali's 'Lobsterphone' - Congratulations are therefore appropraite for two reasons:
1 - The creation of Neo-surrealism
2 - A thought provoking discussion on the dadaist / surreal 'Orangephone'
Bravo Sir - I take my hat off to you (Ceci n'est pas un chapeau !!!!)
Swedeman1 said:
It would appear you have mistaken your telephonic device for a piece of fruit - perhaps this would explain not only the problem you have expressed here but other confusions in your life. Alternatively, this may be a hark back to the early part of the 20th century, specifically alluding to surrealism. Taking inspiration from Magritte's "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" (This is not a pipe) you have cleverly and thought provokingly made a statement about your 'Orangephone' - perhaps you could produce a scupltural piece along the lines of Dali's 'Lobsterphone' - Congratulations are therefore appropraite for two reasons:
1 - The creation of Neo-surrealism
2 - A thought provoking discussion on the dadaist / surreal 'Orangephone'
Bravo Sir - I take my hat off to you (Ceci n'est pas un chapeau !!!!)
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eh? what you going on about?
mmm, i would have have thought that if you were in range of a T-Mobile 3G mast then you would still see a 3G indicator regardless of the settings. It's true, you will need to enter the t-mobile settings to access the web.
You will, of course still get access to the web and email without 3G it will just be slower.
I'd check the following:
1. Does t-mobile have 3G where you are?
2. Is the SIM card activated for data?
3. Check that 3G is enabled in the Hero settings, it can get turned off?
4. Does the Hero access the web when the APN settings are configured, even without 3G (which would then be 2G)?
5. If you can get slow access to the web as in 4. then check 1 and 2 again.
6. Try another SIM card if you have one.
Swedeman1 said:
It would appear you have mistaken your telephonic device for a piece of fruit - perhaps this would explain not only the problem you have expressed here but other confusions in your life. Alternatively, this may be a hark back to the early part of the 20th century, specifically alluding to surrealism. Taking inspiration from Magritte's "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" (This is not a pipe) you have cleverly and thought provokingly made a statement about your 'Orangephone' - perhaps you could produce a scupltural piece along the lines of Dali's 'Lobsterphone' - Congratulations are therefore appropraite for two reasons:
1 - The creation of Neo-surrealism
2 - A thought provoking discussion on the dadaist / surreal 'Orangephone'
Bravo Sir - I take my hat off to you (Ceci n'est pas un chapeau !!!!)
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a spherical orangephone would be quite useless though, it would roll around, you wouldn't be able to speak into it properly.. Unless you do what Dali did and get a old land line phone and glue/attach an orange on - but then it would look like an obscene growth...
Either way - This is my pipe.
gadgetwizard said:
mmm, i would have have thought that if you were in range of a T-Mobile 3G mast then you would still see a 3G indicator regardless of the settings. It's true, you will need to enter the t-mobile settings to access the web.
You will, of course still get access to the web and email without 3G it will just be slower.
I'd check the following:
1. Does t-mobile have 3G where you are?
2. Is the SIM card activated for data?
3. Check that 3G is enabled in the Hero settings, it can get turned off?
4. Does the Hero access the web when the APN settings are configured, even without 3G (which would then be 2G)?
5. If you can get slow access to the web as in 4. then check 1 and 2 again.
6. Try another SIM card if you have one.
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the t-mobile simcard has 3g activated because it worked on my old phone.
the 3g sign isn't there at all but is with the orange simcard.
new to android (a wm6.5 user) and dont know where to edit the settings? thanks for the help
Its definately the settings!!!
My spanking new Hero was delivered this morning (also on Orange),... No 3G or HSDPA signal showed with my O2 sim until I added the APN settings.
You need to go into SETTINGS -> WIRELESS CONTROLS -> MOBILE NETWORK SETTINGS -> ACCESS POINT NAMES.
Then hit your 'MENU' button, select NEW APN,... Then add your gprs/internet settings.
Name: T-Mobile UK
APN: general.t-mobile.uk
Proxy:
Port:
Username: user (alt: wapuser)
Password: wap
Server:
MMSC: http://mmsc.t-mobile.co.uk:8002
MMS proxy: 149.254.201.135
MMS port: 8080
MCC: 234
MNC: 30
APN type:
I think that should enable both your MMS and GPRS. If all fails, take a trip into town to a t-mobile store and get someone to get the settings off a handset for you.
Hope that helps.
Now i need to figure out how to get the orange crap off and put a stock rom on.
Peace.
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Sorry - posted this originqlly as wifi and not GPRS
Currently in Andorra about to go to france then spain and trying to get my Wizard to work on GPRS using an easy mobile sim.
The settings are shown on...
https://www.easymobile.com/selfcare/emcontent/cust_services/customer_intro.html#11
as....
GPRS
Account name – eM GPRS
Homepage – http://wap.easyMobile.com
User name – leave empty
Password – leave empty
Access point settings
Proxy – Enable
Proxy address - 149.254.201.135
Proxy port – 8080
Data bearer – GPRS
Bearer settings
GPRS access point – data.uk
Authentication type – Normal
User name – user
Password - one2one
And I could not get it to match the setup on my device.
The only place I could see a port setting for a proxy was on the modem set up.
Can anyone show how these should be arranged in the format shown in the spec of my phone shown below (UK Tmobile)
Thanks in advance
I tried easymobile customerservices from france and they told me to call the local french company (which flicks between bouygtel and orangefrance with sfr banned) but i dont speak french and there is nothing about it on either of their sites - i am now in andorra - but the internet cafe i am in has no java enabled so I cannot try for better luck on the easymobile CS chat help page.
I guess the asking the local co is **** as my tmobile settings were working when i got here without change but i had never set my phone up for easymobile before I left - but i guess it is those settings that would work and the CS person had less of a clue than me!
My Tmobile sim is still in france - and i guess i will have buggered the settings to get Tmobile roaming too as I tried so many things - so even more in a hole.
HELP PLEASE!!!!!!!!
back in frqnce and back to **** keyboards
azertyuiop
qsdfghjklm
wxcvbn
the messqge from the mobile issomething like...
"no modem found at that number"
For a still unknown reason to me, my Wizard has faster data connection than my Hermes, the connection speeds (as per www.dslreports.com/mspeed for the Wizard ranges from 86 to 101 kbit/sec, while the top speed for Hermes is
6 kbit/sec With same internet settings
I´ve tried different things found in diverse threads (Increasing the TCP Window Size, which by the way reducing it gives "better" results, Change the DNS addresses as per OpenDNS, the tweak to make PIE as IE6,etc. etc.)
See signature, any idea?
Thank you!
yep. and your 10,000$ car is faster than a porche! haha
Hard to believe it...
Good analogy! Saddly for me is true, perhaps the Porsche is great for highways (G3) and doesn´t like the dusty roads (Edge).....
For me also. I found the 8125 loaded pages faster in PIE than did my 8525
Lucky you!
tank27 said:
For me also. I found the 8125 loaded pages faster in PIE than did my 8525
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The only page I´m able (and not allways) to open with the 8525 is www.dslreports.com/mspeed and allways in the WAP mode, http mode is impossible as well any e-mail. How is your e-mail connection?
that scares me now, I'm about to throw my Wizard for Hermes!!! Can this be confirmed? I want to know, since I have already ordered my Hermes and not found a buyer for the wizard . Besides all has nicely been messed/ juiced up for the wizard.
It is well confirmed!
boot_sectorz said:
that scares me now, I'm about to throw my Wizard for Hermes!!! Can this be confirmed? I want to know, since I have already ordered my Hermes and not found a buyer for the wizard . Besides all has nicely been messed/ juiced up for the wizard.
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If you look at my postings you´ll find that the first post on the subject was placed back in December last year, I´ve tried a lot of things, have read in a lot forums (not only xda-devs) and NOBODY was able to give me a hand (check my signature, it´s been that way for weeks and I haven´t received a single comment from experts in this site . I´m almost sure that the problem is a combination of conditions on both the 8525´s and my network. If you know somebody subscribed to your network and owns a 8525 check twice that the internet connection is as fast as it´s supoused to be.
Regards,
wiazzard is fater for sure but thats beause we got super chagers
luiggi said:
If you look at my postings you´ll find that the first post on the subject was placed back in December last year, I´ve tried a lot of things, have read in a lot forums (not only xda-devs) and NOBODY was able to give me a hand (check my signature, it´s been that way for weeks and I haven´t received a single comment from experts in this site . I´m almost sure that the problem is a combination of conditions on both the 8525´s and my network. If you know somebody subscribed to your network and owns a 8525 check twice that the internet connection is as fast as it´s supoused to be.
Regards,
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All time based so roll 2 or even better sell your wizzard for more thatn you have to pay for the hermes.
Don't foorget 9g is worthless on a device that can not handle it.
Make sure you tell att that you are goingto be in the 3g coverage zone so they give you the 2100 version
Not funny...
aboutthemind said:
All time based so roll 2 or even better sell your wizzard for more thatn you have to pay for the hermes.
Don't foorget 9g is worthless on a device that can not handle it.
Make sure you tell att that you are goingto be in the 3g coverage zone so they give you the 2100 version
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I had the 8525 junked for several months waiting and for a WM6 ROM to solve the problem, I´ve tried most of them and the result is the same: I can´t get my GMail, I can´t get MSN and I can´t get connection to intenet pages other than Google main page and some wap sites tagged as wsp://
One senior member and cook of this forum offered payed help but he suddenly dissappeared !!!
I guess I´ll stick to my Wizard until a new reliable device be launched to the market....
no gmail, msn ,big problem easy fix
who is your carier? and lets just go with the basics. step by step then I will explian why it came to this. Support cost money and sometimes of you ask the wrong questions they can opt out because you are not asking the right questions.
forget what the 8525 says grab the wizzard
get a conection and surf the net go to gmail and log in to test your conections
100% sure the wiizzard is working follow these steps
start
settings
conections
conections again
advanced Tab
select networks stop ( what does it say in the first box_____________) continue
edit
modem Name_______________ Number_________________
if thee is more than one then it should be set to auto give them both to me
continue on
presss edit Name of can_______________
Modem _________________
acsess point name___________________next
user name____________ dont worry i have the password
tap advanced
whats checked off
server assigned: yes/no
specific: yes/No
Software compression: yes/No
Use Ip compression: Yes/No
hit server tab
server assignedd Yes/No
specific: what are the settings in the box if any
tap ok , finish, yes
tap proxy tab
network conects : yes/no
this network uses a proxy: Yes /NO
What is listed in the box_____________________
tap advanced
HTTP: ________________________
WAP:__________________________
Secure WAP:________________________
Socks:-______________________________
tap ok until you get back to the home screen and make sure you still have a connection on your wizazrd go log into gmail.
get back to me once i have tyour carier i will be able to get you dialed in.
its a bit frustrating, and I was serious when i said own 2 its always better so you juice one and not have to worry about stopping the days business.
ciao
ok i saw at
I will have the 8525 by tomorow in the mail they said but here is att
settings for ATT
steps
START
SETTINGS
CONNECTIONS
conections again
advanced Tab
select networks stop ( what does it say in the first box(_____________)
HIT NEW
NAME IT THE WAY OUT
TAP MODEM TAB
NEW
CHANGE NAME
I WOULD SUGGEST SCREW ATT THATS BEING POLITE
MODEM CHANGE TO
CELLULAR LINE GPRS
NEXT
ACESS POINT NAME everthing is case sensitive from here on out
wap.cingular
next
user name
[email protected]
pass
CINGULAR1
domain
empty
tap advanced
top cirlcle checked server assigned
bottom one checked ip header
next
server tab
use specific server adress
fill in both dns settings
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
tap
tap proxy tab
network conects : check
this network uses a proxy: check
Proxy serever :lower case
wireless.cingular.com
tap advanced
all this should be filled in automatically
HTTP:wireless.cingular.com:8080
WAP:__________________________
Secure WAP:________________________
Socks: wireless.cingular.com:1080
tap ok until you get back to the home screen
tap ok twice
now tap and hold the wap.cingular setting
like you want to copy paste it
then dont delete but tap conect
it should hook up and your are on line.
Got to go will finish after you finish
PS if you hook upo and then get kicked off ny the server its a goood sign
Keep in mind that tmobile floats no proxy on the same network dont by any of the medi net bull****
I feel like a noobie....!
@aboutthemind
First off: Thanks a lot for your interest in this problem and to have taken the time to write all this step by step guide, I really appreciate it.
Now here´s the funny thing: I have all connection settings exactly the same in my Wizard and in my Hermes, even more: Sometimes I use a cab to set my connections up.
My telco is Telefonica Movistar Mexico
The settings I have under a "Celular Line (GPRS)" modem :
Connection Name: Internet GPRS
APN: internet.movistar.mx
User name: movistar
Pasword: movistar
Domain: blank
Advanced: TCP/IP: "Use server assigned IP address" checked, all other boxes not checked.
Advanced: Servers: "Use server assigned addresses"
Do not uses PROXY
Connection Name: Emocion GPRS
APN: wap.movistar.mx
User name: movistar
Password: movistar
Proxy Settings
HTTP Proxy: 10.2.20.1:80
WAP Proxy: 10.2.20.1:9201
Secure WAP Proxy: 10.2.20.1:9203
Socks Proxy: 10.2.20.1:1080
I´ve check over and over the configuration as the user interface allows it and ALL parameters are correct, the problem is hiden somewhere within the registry or the OS....!
Funny, I get speeds on my Hermes of OVER 1000 ...
I live in the US and have just bought an o2 Atom Exec. I have T-Mobile as my carrier but my Atom can not keep the signal for more than a few minutes at a time. The configuration Wizard can't help because it doesn't show the US as an option. I try to select T-Mobile but even when I am connected it won't show the name of the network. I am very upset - I spent alot of money on this phone but I can't use it. Can someone please help me configure it to connect to the T-Mobile Network?
I also have T-Mobile (USA) and have used these settings on a I-Mate Jam and now an Atom Life. It took me a while to gather this information, but now everything is working perfect. Here are all the network settings:
Connections: My ISP (Start->Settings->Connections)
Add new modem conection-> name->T-Zones
Cellular line (GPRS)
Access point: wap.voicestream.com
User, Pass., Domain: leave blank
Advanced: no change
Connections: My ISP (Start->Settings->Connections)
Add new modem conection-> name->PictureMessaging
Cellular line (GPRS)
Access point: wap.voicestream.com
User, Pass., Domain: leave blank
Advanced: no change
Connections: My Work Network
Set up my Proxy Server: Check both boxes
Proxy Server: 216.155.165.50
Advanced:
HTTP: 216.155.165.50:8080
WAP: 216.155.165.50:9201
Socks: 216.155.165.50:1080
Connections: My Work Network
Add new modem conection-> name->T-Mobile WAP
Cellular line (GPRS)
Access point: wap.voicestream.com
User, Pass., Domain: leave blank
Advanced: no change
This will give you Internet browsing, access to T-Zones (in Internet Explorer the address you need to type is: wsp://wap.myvoicestream.com) and MMS capabilities
For MMS, you also need to set the following:
In Messaging, choose options, then MMS
In the Servers tab, create a new configuration called PictureMessaging
with the following settings:
Gateway: 216.155.165.050
Port: 8080
Server: http://216.155.174.84/servlets/mms
Connect via: My ISP
This should work for any WM device and T-Mobile USA.
Have fun!
You are so cool, frenchygeek. I am very grateful for your reply and all your help. I made all the changes you recommended, except that I can not figure out how to add MMS because in Messaging options MMS is not listed. I can't add it because it requires an email address to add an account. Can you walk me through that?
I also found somewhere in this forum instructions to make a registry entry to change the default network to my local network. Now it no longer comes up trying to run the Wizard (with my default as Austraila with every soft reset. Do you need that information? (I am in my office but once I am home I can send it if you like.)
Anyway, I made some of these changes earlier today and the ones above just 5 minutes ago ... so now I'll see what happens. Thank you SOOOO much.
Susan
[email protected]
Cinamon,
Go to Start->Messaging or Start->Programs->Messaging or click on the Messaging line on the "Today" screen.
When in there, you may have a selection screen with the various messaging options you may have such as Text Message, MMS, Outlook or your corporate or personal email. Click on MMS. If you don't have this screen, then go to the next step.
Click on Menu->Tools->Options
At the screen which says "Tap an account to change settings", click on MMS. You will see 4 tabs (Preferences, Blacklist, Servers, About). Go to the server tab and make the changes that I outlined in my previous post. Accept everything, close and do a soft reset.
Voila!
BTW, yes, I would be interested in the information regarding the change on the register to place T-Mobile as a default provider. I never got around to do that.
Merci beaucoup.
Hi again, FrenchyGeek,
I'm so grateful to you - I have been begging for help from the manufacturer and the distributor but you and the other forum member are the only two sources of help I've had. Seems like someone else would be desparate for this information too.
I'm still not sure about MMS - MMS does not show up in options on my phone. I finally got to the MMS settings screen by going to the messaging screen of one of my email accounts, clicking on GOTO, choosing MMS (it does appear there) and then choosing tools -> options. It is not set up as yours is - I have to fill in :
Active Profile (A dropdown but I choose NEW)
From there I have to fill in
Profile Name:
MMSC: I typed in http://216.155.174.84/servlets/mms
Data Connection: (a drop down and I choose T Mobile)
Gateway: (a drop down with only WAP1.0 Gateway and WAP2.0 Gateway to choose from)
IP Address: (I typed in 216.155.174.84)
Port: (I typed in 8080)
Do you think that will work?
OK, default networkconfiguration:
In the HKCU/AutoConfig/Network, find XPath string n change it to your network operator number. You can see your operator number (5 digits usually - mine was 31026) when you launch autoconfig, next to the "Detected from SIM" text. You can also see the operator number from the DetectNet or NetworkID keys in HKCU/AutoConfig/Network.
I still have trouble with it dropping signal or trying to connect to Australia. I wonder if there is anyway to delete all the overseas configurations so it can't find them again. Also, I drop signal everytime I connect via USB to my PC. Do you have these issues?
Another annoyance - the battery doesn't last long for me at all - I am definitely a power user, which is why I wanted the higher processing speed which lead me to the Atom Exec in the first place. Are there any extended batteries that you're aware of?
Thanks alot!
Susan
Thanks again.
Hello Cinamon,
I am using the new O2 Atom Life and I installed the WM6 ROM upgrade. Are you still on WM5? That may explain the differences, although I'm not sure why the MMS profile doesn't show up on yours.
The screen where you can find this is the first screen that shows up when you click on "Options" in "Messaging". It says "Options" at the top, "Tap an account to change settings" below, with a square containing "New Account...", "Text Messages", "MMS", "Outlook E-Mail", and possibly other accounts if you set them up yourself. Below are two buttons: "Security..." and "Signature...". The only way to properly set up MMS is to click "MMS" on this screen and then follow the procedure in my previous posts.
I also have an "Autoconfigurator" which shows the countries that are supported (Australia, Bahrain, China, etc.) but it doesn't launch automatically. When you go through a hard reset, it asks you if you want to run it, but you have the option to say no. After that, it doesn't come back. If it's in the ROM, I don't think you can delete it.
I don't have any of the problems you outlined. My phone actually works really well, except for one major flaw. I don't get the voicemail notification icon to show up when I have a new voicemail. I only get the missed call icon (if my phone is on). I opened a separate thread on this site but got no help so far. By searching on this site and others, I can tell that some WM phones have such a problem depending on the Tel-Co, but I can't seem to find the solution. Do you have any problem with that feature?
If you Google "O2 Atom battery", you can find after market batteries that actually provide longer charge. They void the warranty, so be careful.
Thanks for the default network configuration! What software do you use to edit the registry?
Take care!
Still No Luck
Hi Frenchygeek,
I have no problem with voicemail (on the few times my phone connects).
I use SKTools for editing the registry. Sometimes I use a freeware register editor which can only be used from your PC - I can send you that if you like. I know alot of people use Commander (also Freeware) but for me these two programs are more friendly, and SKTools has lots of tweaks and other cool utilities.
My phone is the Atom Exec and there is no update at the moment for WM6 so I am stuck with WM5. I can not get my phone to stay connected for more than 5 minutes at a time. It drops the line over and over again and is really unusable (except for games and mp3s etc ... smile ....) I thought I might reset to factory settings and begin again with your instructions but I can't find the option to do a hard reset - do you know how to do that? I am very frustrated as it was expensive and it's useless to me as is. I asked the seller if I could exchange or upgrade it and I'm waiting for his answer. Maybe the Life with WM6 would do the trick. Anyway, I have had no service at all for about 6 hours although I have tried every trick in the book and then some. Are you using code 31026 or are you in a different region in the US? (I am in Virginia)
Thanks again for your help.
Susan
Hey,
To hard reset, you need to press the stylus in the reset hole at the bottom of the phone while you press on the on/off button. Keep it this way until you see a message on the screen, which asks you to confirm the hard reset by pressing the green and red button simultaneously.
I think that it will do the trick. My Atom Life works perfectly fine with T-Mobile. I'm in California and my Tel-Co number is also 31026. It shows up on the Auto Configurator screen ("Detected from SIM: 31026").
If it wasn't for the lack of voicemail notification icon, I would be happy. I'm tempted to reinstall WM5 and see if that makes a difference. But I read that WM6 is so much better than WM5, so I really don't know what to do. Support at O2 basically gave me the finger. They said their phones are intended for the Asian Market...
Anyway, the Atom Life is a more recent phone compared to the Exec. It's a little bigger, but the specs are much better. It's much more expensive though...(I paid a little over $800 for mine).
Have fun!
Hello Again FrenchyGeek,
I did a hard reset and put all the settings in that you gave me, reset the autoconfig to 31026, and things are much better. I still lose signal a few times every hour but it does usually recover quickly, although there are times when I have to manually search for the signal as the phone doesn't do the search itself.
I do need to do something about the battery, however, and will follow your suggestion. I use the phone as an MP3 player and the battery drains in a couple of hours.
It must be frustrating that no one can help you with the voice mail problem. My voicemail notification works perfectly. Wish I could help. If you can think of a way for me to search my registry for the right setting let me know and I'll give it a try.
I still don't understand why the O2 company is not more responsive to us Americans .... it's a big market for them to tap into.
Susan
Hi Cinamon,
Just got an idea for the problem you're experiencing.
Under Start->Settings->Connections, I have a program called Band Switch.
In there you can select your network type: Auto, GSM, UTMS
And you can select your Band: Any, GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900, UMTS 1900 and UMTS 2100.
If you have such a program, try to play around with the settings and see if it makes a difference. It's possible that you when you lose the signal temporarily the phone gets lost. If you force it to a certain band, then it might be more stable.
I don't know for sure, but it's worth a try.
Cheers
Hi Frencygeek,
I do have such a setting and I have repeatedly set it to 1900 (because that's what T-Mobile operates on) but it continually resets itself to tri-band. I wonder if anyone here can tell me how to make 1900 the default. I notice that it connects to GPRS but I have no phone service - although I can check my email and browse the web. In those cases I have to manually go into settings and tell it to connect to t-zones under my ISP. I think somehow it is defaulting to the YES OPUS settings of Australia everytime it loses signal, and I don't know how to direct it to my settings. Maybe I should try a new thread and see if anyone can help, although it does seem that support for those of us in the Western Hemisphere is sadly lacking.
As for your voice mail, I'm sure this is too obvious to suggest, but have you tried changing the notification type? Maybe a different ringtone or change to vibrate or play with that? Strange that is the one feature that works for me - but I certainly need it since no one can call me at least 50% of the time.
I do own an MDA and if I were not so hard headed I would use that ... but I'm having a hard time giving up as I do like the phone (and did spend $500 on it, although it came with extras like a miniSD card, bluetooth headset, etc.
Hello Cinamon,
Someone else in another thread suggested that I upgrade the Radio Rom to version 2.69.11 or 2.19.11. I have done some research and found that it should work with T-Mobile. The only problem is, I don't know where to find a radio rom that will work with my Atom Life and I don't know how to install it. I have read too many horrors stories about people "bricking" their phone after trying to flash their ROM. So, I'm a little hesitant, but I would do it if someone answer both my questions. Also, I don't know what version of radio rom I have. On WM6, System information looks different. My Radio version says: "AL1-KLNC-2.3.40CT-070424-2. I have no idea what that means.
Which brings me to my other suggestion for your problem. Maybe you could update your radio rom and things might just start working for you. Just a suggestion!
Hmmm .... I'm willing to try ... but how do I find an upgrade for my Radio Rom? I see there is an upgrade for the Atom Exec - in Chinise only. ;->
Any luck with voicemail?
Hi Again,
I have tried the band but still I lose signal much too often and it still takes forever to establish a connection again. Worse, it often shows the E in the top bar, which makes me think I have phone service, only to discover that I have only GPRS and have missed a bunch of calls. I contacted the person I bought it from and asked for an exchange - he does not sell the Life but I offered to pay the difference to upgrade to the Orbit, which has a quad band. I'm still awaiting his reply.
Any luck with your voice mail?
Susan
hi cin,
the o2 atom exec are only tri band gsm. i live in apac and had a similar problem over here when i bought a smartphone in the US. it was because carriers still prefer the lower frequency gsm as a default. coverage for the higher freq was spotty for me even when i forced a freq. check with t mobile
by the way, i have an atom exec and when i am in the US i am on cingular and have no issues with dropping. sorry.
Hey Everybody,
I'm currently traveling Asia and I'm now in Vietnam....
For the past hour, I've been trying to figure out how to activate GPRS using the Mobifone network.
GPRS setting info was hard to come by since everything is in Vietnamese.
Just wanted to share with the Windows Mobile community on how to activate GPRS on Mobifone Vietnam.
First... purchase a Mobifone sim card.... should cost VND 75,000.00.
Next, you'll need to activate GPRS by sending the following text to 994: Dk Gprs
Next.... wait until you get a text back from 994. The text will be in Vietnamese but I believe it says your GPRS is activated.... next thing you'll notice is that you'll now have a "G" icon appear up top telling you that your GPRS is activated.
Next, setup a GPRS connection with the following info:
APN/GPRS access point: m-wap
Username: mms
Password: mms
Proxy Settings:
HTTP: 203.162.21.107:8080
WAP: 203.162.21.107:9201
SECURE WAP: 203.162.21.107:9201
These settings worked for me so don't flame me if I added to little or too much settings
Enjoy
Thanks. Just wanted to confirm it still works as described (16.01.11)
After sending the sms, I only needed the apn, username and password (for android) and 3g was enabled.
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Thanks. Just wanted to confirm it still works as described (16.01.11)
After sending the sms, I only needed the apn, username and password (for android) and 3g was enabled.
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awesome, thanks for updating!
i was over there last summer but was using an iphone. i'll have to setup my DIinc2 this time around
I'm in Vietnam now and can also confirm that the settings work. In case others may get confused, you only need to enter one of the proxy settings, not all three that the OP listed (at least on my Dinc2 running 2.2).
also, as a bonus, since I was using my old sim which already had gprs activated from my last trip, I didn't have to activate it again, just punch in the apn settings
Turning on 3G and packages
After the SIM is registered to use GPRS, data still needs to be turned on.
With my Android phone I didn't need to put in an APN. I just texted DATA_ON to 999 and restarted my phone. 3g was then activated.
If you Google mobiphone 3G, choose mobile internet, and click on "giá cước" you can see all the packages you can register for.
Cước thuê bao is the cost in VN dong. Lưu lượng miễn phí is the amount of MB you can download with that package for free. Thời hạn sử dụng is the expiration time to use this amount (ngày = days).
Hope that helps!
I'll thank you properly as soon as I've made enough posts to have a thank you button! I think this is a silly rule - aren't there enough checks to ensure I'm not a spammer already??
Does any one know how to make the MMS work?
I dont see a place to input the info on the straight talk activation instructions.
MMSC
MMS Proxy
MMS Port
I was only able to find the place to input the APN (att.mvno) doing this made the internet work.
So when I get a pic mail my phone shows me the text from it and tries to download it. But it fails. says Invalid MSISDN Number Received.
SMS works fine.
Sprint Touch Pro 2 TP2 Windows mobile 6.5. I have the Wall mart straight talk $15 sim card (bring your own phone) plan. I put it in the sim card slot on my Sprint TP2 and went through the steps to enable the phone to use GSM towers in the states. Calling works. But internet is only on EDGE (slower then sprints 1X) I think that is all the phone is capable of with the GSM raido it contains.
I searched the registry and found something like Http://mms.sprintmms.com changed it to http://mmsc.cingular.com and that did not work.
I dialed ##778# and hit view. there is nothing in there that looked related.
I went to start, settings, connections, connections, manage existing connections, and deleted what was there and maid a new one called Data and put att.mvno as the Access point name but there is no place to enter the mms settings in there.
I have searched google for hours and days. I give up. Some one out there has got to know the answer. Can you help?
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Does any one know how to make the MMS work?
I dont see a place to input the info on the straight talk activation instructions.
MMSC
MMS Proxy
MMS Port
I was only able to find the place to input the APN (att.mvno) doing this made the internet work.
So when I get a pic mail my phone shows me the text from it and tries to download it. But it fails. says Invalid MSISDN Number Received.
SMS works fine.
Sprint Touch Pro 2 TP2 Windows mobile 6.5. I have the Wall mart straight talk $15 sim card (bring your own phone) plan. I put it in the sim card slot on my Sprint TP2 and went through the steps to enable the phone to use GSM towers in the states. Calling works. But internet is only on EDGE (slower then sprints 1X) I think that is all the phone is capable of with the GSM raido it contains.
I searched the registry and found something like Http://mms.sprintmms.com changed it to http://mmsc.cingular.com and that did not work.
I dialed ##778# and hit view. there is nothing in there that looked related.
I went to start, settings, connections, connections, manage existing connections, and deleted what was there and maid a new one called Data and put att.mvno as the Access point name but there is no place to enter the mms settings in there.
I have searched google for hours and days. I give up. Some one out there has got to know the answer. Can you help?
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In your MMS app, go to menu>MMS options>servers>add new server. If it's greyed out you have to do a reg edit in HKLM>Software>ArcSoft>MUI and look for "enable server edit" and change the DWORD to "1" After you change that, go back to the MMS options and "add new server" with the following data:
Server - Straight Talk MMS
Gateway - 66.209.11.33
URL - http://mmsc.cingular.com
Port - 80
Connect Via - Whatever you named your connection previously.
When you're done make sure you set that as your default server. I'm doing this from memory so I may have missed a step or the reg edit key may be named differently on the Sprint TP2. BTW, the Sprint and Verizon TP2 only supports EDGE speeds on the AT&T bands. 3G is for the AWS (1700) band like T-Mobile, HTC really screwed the pooch on that one.
Nice thank you very much for your help. My mms works now. I cant believe I did not think to check in my mms program for the place to enter the settings.
I did have to change the registry value to a 1 to gain access to the greyed out button. It was in HKLM>Software>ArcSoft>Arcsoft MMS UA>Config>UI>
Now if I can only get the mms and the sms time to be correct. Do you know any thing about that? My friend can be sitting next to me and send me a sms that I get instantly but the incoming time on the message shows totally wrong. It was like this when I was on Sprints service also. I flashed stock 6.1 and 6.5 and neither fixed it. I have Since or Touch Flow or what ever its called turned off. Just running basic home screen Spb Pocket plus 4.1.0, Spb Phone Suite 1.3.1, Garmin, Pocket shield and some other basic programs. I have a faint memory that out of the box this was not a problem. It may have been after I flashed and installed that it started. But then why did flashing back to stock not fix it? I have never flashed anything other then stock.
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Nice thank you very much for your help. My mms works now. I cant believe I did not think to check in my mms program for the place to enter the settings.
I did have to change the registry value to a 1 to gain access to the greyed out button. It was in HKLM>Software>ArcSoft>Arcsoft MMS UA>Config>UI>
So you say that I can get 3G if I get the Wallmart Straight Talk sim card that uses Tmobile? Wow I will try that. My brother just ordered one from Straight talk for his T mobile branded TP2. I will try it in my phone. T mobile has almost as good of reception here on the big island of hawaii as AT&T does.
Now if I can only get the mms and the sms time to be correct. Do you know any thing about that? My friend can be sitting next to me and send me a sms that I get instantly but the incoming time on the message shows totally wrong. It was like this when I was on Sprints service also. I flashed stock 6.1 and 6.5 and neither fixed it. I have Since or Touch Flow or what ever its called turned off. Just running basic home screen Spb Pocket plus 4.1.0, Spb Phone Suite 1.3.1, Garmin, Pocket shield and some other basic programs. I have a faint memory that out of the box this was not a problem. It may have been after I flashed and installed that it started. But then why did flashing back to stock not fix it? I have never flashed anything other then stock.
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See, I didn't buy the Walmart ST SIM. I went straight to their website (straighttalkgsm.com) and got an AT&T SIM. I know you have the choice of T-Mobile or AT&T but I think it depends on the area code you will be using. As for the time stamp issue, that sounds more like a software bug than a carrier issue. Just for ****s and giggles, did you enter the proxy info in your connections? I know when I use the proxy info, mobilespeedtest.com reports my ISP as AT&T-Cingular, when I go without the proxy it lists my ISP as "shared block". Whatever that means. Google Maps also locates me faster when I have the proxy info entered. Of course, when I have to tether, I un-check proxy settings. BTW, you didn't hear that from me.
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See, I didn't buy the Walmart ST SIM. I went straight to their website (straighttalkgsm.com) and got an AT&T SIM. I know you have the choice of T-Mobile or AT&T but I think it depends on the area code you will be using. As for the time stamp issue, that sounds more like a software bug than a carrier issue. Just for ****s and giggles, did you enter the proxy info in your connections? I know when I use the proxy info, mobilespeedtest.com reports my ISP as AT&T-Cingular, when I go without the proxy it lists my ISP as "shared block". Whatever that means. Google Maps also locates me faster when I have the proxy info entered. Of course, when I have to tether, I un-check proxy settings. BTW, you didn't hear that from me.
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Wow checking the proxy box and putting in 66.209.11.33 does change my results from Shared IP Block to At&t. And it is 4 times faster.
I was getting a consistent download speed of only 77 Kbps and 1.1 Latency
Now I get 295 down and 2.1 Latency.
Im testing some data intensive websights now. Ok they are much faster now. All most as fast as my week reception sprint EVDO revA phone tethered to my router. The only thing sprint has over ST is that sprint does not throttle me until 30 gigs. And I have read that with the AT&T ST sim people are not getting away with much. DSL just came to my part of the jungle so I got rid of my sprint plan. I have no need to tether so much now.
I edited out my confusion from the above posts. It looks like I will never have 3g on the t-mobile or AT&T sim card on my TP2. Here is a link to some supportive reading about why 3G will not work. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=561656
One more thing I can send and receive Hotmail but cant send and receive Yahoo. When I try it says "Cannot connect with current connection settings. To change your connection settings, tap Settings. Settings". Then If I uncheck proxy it works but then I have to go back later to re check and put in 66.209.11.33 to get my faster speed back. Why can Hotmail do it but Yahoo can not?
I had the same problem and all I did was flash a new radio which helped with signal.
Just for fun I put a T-mobile sim card from T-mobile in my TP2. My Edge internet was very slow. So put in the proxy that Straight talk gives there users with T-mobile sims and it was still very slow. Super slow compared to using the Att proxy with the ATT ST sim in my TP2.
One interesting thing I noticed is that this sim had many more electrical contact points on it and it automatically set up the correct MMS setting for me. In comparison the ST sim card had lass contact points and I had to enter the MMS manually my self.
This TP2 Im using this week is bone stock out of the box and it is not handling daylight savings time correctly when putting the time stamp on the sms. I bet there are many good threads about fixing this I have not yet searched.
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One more thing I can send and receive Hotmail but cant send and receive Yahoo. Why can Hotmail do it but Yahoo can not?
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Simple the settings for the Hotmail account where correct and the ones for yahoo where not.
So this was an easy fix. I click on my sms program. click menu, tools, options, click on my yahoo account, edit account setup,next,next,next, next,advanced server settings. So in here is where i had it wrong. It was on my old internet settings so I changed "network connection" to "internet" that way it will even sync my email using wifi if its on and has internet, instead of needlessly requiring to dial up over the cell data connection.
I tryed this change in the MMS settings also but my MMS wont send so I had to change it back to the cellular data connection.